JEOPARDY GAME

By Yorleny Abarca V.

The Moustache

Reading Comprehension

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WHAT????ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

COME ON!!!BE

SERIOUS!!!

EVEN MY GRANDMA

KNOWS THE ANSWER!!!

Who is Meg?a) Mike’s older sisterb) The young nursec) Mike’s motherd) Mike’s grandmother

Mike’s grandmoth

er

Whom does Mike resemble?a) His fatherb) His sisterc) His grandmotherd) His mother’s father

His mother’s father

Mike’s grandmother has been confused about events in the world around her…

a) Just for the past year or two

b) Ever since Mike’s mother was born

c) For as long as Mike has known her

d) Ever since her husband died

Just for the past year or

two

At what point in the story does Mike realize his grandmother thinks he is someone else?

a) As soon as she greets himb) When he admires his coatc) When she recalls playing the

piano for him and Ellied) Not until after he ahs left

When she recalls

playing the piano for him

and Ellie

Mike glances into some of the rooms in the nursing home. He sees “all these figures in various stances and attitudes … as if they were frozen forever in these postures .” the words stances, attitudes, and postures all seem to…

a) Relate to poses or positionsb) Be difficult and unrelatedc) Mean frozen in cold roomsd) Suggest peace and happiness

Relate to poses or positions

Mike says, “My mother had described those moments when my grandmother suddenly emerged from the fog that so often obscured her mind.” Instead of obscured, the author could have used the word…

a) Destroyedb) Easedc) Cloudedd) Penetrated

Clouded

What kind of feeling does Mike often have that his grandmother seems to have also?

a) Confusionb) Guiltc) Lonelinessd) Boredom

Guilt

What does Mike’s grandmother wish she had done before her husband died?

a) Demanded an apology from him

b) Learned to play the piano better

c) Asked him to forgive herd) Been a better mother to Ellie

Asked him to forgive

her

A person whose behavior is condescending tends to look down on their people. Who in the story has a condescending air?

a) Cindyb) The juice ladyc) Miked) Nana

The juice lady

What happened between Mike’s grandmother and grandfather when they were young?

a) They couldn’t agree on how to raise Ellie

b) He thought she was seeing another man

c) She thought he was seeing another woman

d) They had a big argument over money

She thought he was seeing

another woman

Mike feels that his mothera) doesn’t like himb) Likes himc) Gets along better with An

nied) Is nervous about sending

him to the nursing home

Likes him

The things Mike’s gradmother thought she was were…

a) Scenes around the nursing home

b) Dreams brought on by her medicine

c) Ideas suggested by Miked) Drawn from her memories

Drawn from her memories

The setting is partly in Mike’s home and partly in the nursing home. In other words, the setting of the story goes from…

a) Bad to worseb) A world of worry to a world of peac

ec) The real world to an unreal worldd) Worse to better

The real world to an

unreal world

Mike says the air in the nursing home is “antiseptic, sterile.” He says there is no atmosphere at all. The author wants to suggest that…

a) It is like being nowhere that is realb) The home is kept very cleanc) This smell is better than a hospital smelld) No smell at all is better than an offensive

smell

It is like being

nowhere that is real

The scenes at the nursing home make Mike feel…

a) Relievedb) Suspiciousc) Depressedd) Angry

Depressed

When Mike realizes that his grandmother has mistaken him for her dead husband, he feels…

a) Proud to look so grown upb) Vaguely nervous and frightenedc) As if he might cryd) Disgusted with an older person’s

foolishness

Vaguely

nervous

and

frightened